Tim Mustone writes:
>As you can tell, he's pretty mad at HE commish De Gregorio.
 
But as I said before, I think Bob may be getting a bad rap here.  Something
Tony pointed out to me tonight is that it is entirely possible that Bob
pushed Lowell for the East but was outvoted 3-1.  Yet it would still be Bob
who would be blamed.  At some point I'm going to find out the scoop and
wind up telling you all, "I told you so," I am sure of that. :-)
 
>I have always
>noticed that Lowell generally doesn't recieve any respect, in HE or nationally.
>Just look at the HE Preseason poll, Lowell was picked 6th out of 9 teams.  T
 
But in 1993-94, Lowell was picked 3rd.  They wound up 2nd.  They were very
much respected that year going into the season.  This year, I doubt you
would find more than a couple of people who even thought Lowell would
finish top 4.  This was a year in which Lowell greatly exceeded everyone's
expectations.  That always happens with various teams every year, but it
doesn't indicate a lack of respect.  Respect is something you have to earn.
Lowell did that this year, the seedings aside.
 
>They finished 2nd and were in the top ten nationally for the last half of the
>season.
 
So they did get respect. :-)
 
>I'm sure Crowder will tell all this to his team to give them some
>incentive playing Michigan St, and then Colorado College...and then whoever
>they play in the Final Four...and then...Oh well.  We'll see what happens.
 
One reason Lowell will be dangerous is that Bruce will be able to motivate
them, as if their placement isn't enough motivation.  They are a higher
seed than MSU, but he will have them believing that as you said, they are
the underdog and not respected.  A team as good as they are that also feels
it has something to prove will be tough.
 
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